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'TO ALLfWHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ALBERT HALL, of the city,- connty, and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful improvements in Spring Toy Guns; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a portion of this specifica-. tion, in which- I Figure 1 isV a longitudinal section of a spring toy gun, constructed according to my invention.

Figure 2 isA aside view of the same.

Figureg is a transverse section of the same, taken in line of figs, 1 and 2.

Similar lettersof reference indicato corresponding parts in all the figures.

This invention consists in the construction of the stock of a spring toy gun in two longitudinal halves or v port-ions, confined together -by the barrel thereof, whereby the care and labonrequired in the manufacture of this class of toys'are verymaterially reduced. The invention further consists in a novel arrangement of a cylindrical India-rubber springin relation with the piston, barrel, and trigger of the toy gun, whereby a very simple and effective means of propelling missiles is obtained.

To enable others to .understand the construction and operation of my invention, Iwill proceed to describe it with reference to the drawings. l

The stock of the toy gun is made preferably of cast metal, and is composed of two longitudinal sections, marked respectively a and b, and placed side by side, as shown mo'rc clearly in tig. 3. The forward portion of the stock thus formed lis made tubular,.and of cylindrical form, as at a b. The lbarrel c consists of a cylind drical tube of tin or other suitable sheet metal or material, and has its rearmost portion fitted tightly upon the cylindrical forward part, a 6', of the stock, (as represented more clearly in' figs. 1/ and in' such manner as to vhold the two longitudinal sections of the stock firmly and securely tog-other, at the same time that it is itself properly fixed upon the'said stock. Each' of the halves or sections a and l has formed in 4each of the oppoL site innermost edges of its semi-cylindr`ical forward portion,4 a or b', as the case may be, and near the-forward extremity thereof, a notch or recess, c', in such a way that whentthe aforesaid sections are secured together, as just` hereinbefore explained, slots will be formed opposite cach other in the aforesaid'for'ward end of the stock,

4into which are fitted the opposite sides or ends of a block, d, as represented in iig. 1. This block d is furnished with a central rearwardlyprojeoting extension, d,of cylindrical shape, and formed centrally through the said'block (Z, and its extension d is a circular'slot. The forward c'nd of each of the sections a and b is covered by a transverse brace or bur, c, cast or formed thereon, and has formed in' its edge a semicircular notch in such manner that athen the two sections are secured in place a cylindrical slot will be formed thereby' in line with the central slot just mentioned of the block d. The piston or slidingfstem whichpropels Athe missilo from the barrel is marked This piston has a cup-1'1"', formed upon its forward end, and is passed longid tudinally through the slots just mentioned in the forward end of the stock a b, and in the block e, and has placed around it, in rear ofthe said block c, a cylindrical springfg, of India rubber orr other similar elastic material2 theforward 'end ofY which is firmly attached to the extension d of the block c by being bound tightlyv thereto with wire; as shown at e; the rcarmost end of the said spring being securedin the same manner to a cylin drical block, 71,:1ttached to the pistonf,11ear the rear-most cnd thereof. The said rearmost extremity of the pis= ton fhas securedtransversely upon it a small circular plate or stud, i. Formed in the ilat'or inner surface of the rearmost part of each of the sectipns of the 'stock a bis a shallow recess, 7', ,in the rea'rmost end of which is pivoted the trigger either by means of a short cylindrical spur formed upon one of the sections andA passing through asuitnble hole in thc rear end of the trigger is, or by means of a similar spur formed upon the trigger and fit-ted into a socket. of corresponding shape in one' of the sections. Also formed in each of the said sections, and below the trigger k, is a groove, I, in which is placed a small spiral spring, m, which presses the trigger upward with its forward end projecting from ythe guard n', one-half of which is formed `upon cach of the sections of the stock. When the said sections are fitted together, as hereinbe'forc explained, the recesses y' constitute infact a slot in which the trigger k with its spring m is situated. o A

In using the toy the pistonj' is pushed back or downward in the barrel and forward part of the stock by means'of a rod or stick inserted at the muzzle of the barrel until the plate or stud z' catches in the notch n 4 auw of the trigger, which ,thus holds lthe said piston buck, as represented in red lines in g.- l, the cylindrical Indiarubber springs g being elongnted,'ns shown by the said red lines. The missilei is then dropped into the Barrel and falls int-o cup f', whereupon, by pulling the trigger downward und backward, it is withdrawn from the stud z', and the contraction of the eylinder spring g-for'ces'the pistnf'forwnrd, and thus ejeets the missile from the .barrel c with the required degree of force and velocity.

What Telaim 'as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. Theconstruction of the stock of Vn. spring toy gun in two longitudinal halves or sections, a I1, secured 1together by Vthe barrel e, substalntially as herein set forth.

2. The cylindrical-1 India-rubberl spring g, arranged vin relation with the piston f, barrel c, and trigger k,

substantially its herein set forth for the purpose specied. f v l A. HALL.

Witnesses:

G. W. REED, W. MORRIS SMITH. 

